diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/services/store/schema.py b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/schema.py
index 71d7149c7..0fe89de18 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/services/store/schema.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/schema.py
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ class TagsIdResponse(BaseModel):
 
 
 class ListComponentResponse(BaseModel):
-    id: UUID
-    name: Optional[str]
-    description: Optional[str]
-    liked_by_count: Optional[int]
+    id: Optional[UUID] = None
+    name: Optional[str] = None
+    description: Optional[str] = None
+    liked_by_count: Optional[int] = None
     liked_by_user: Optional[bool] = None
-    is_component: Optional[bool]
-    metadata: Optional[dict]
-    user_created: Optional[dict]
+    is_component: Optional[bool] = None
+    metadata: Optional[dict] = {}
+    user_created: Optional[dict] = {}
     tags: Optional[List[TagResponse]] = None
-    downloads_count: Optional[int]
-    last_tested_version: Optional[str]
+    downloads_count: Optional[int] = None
+    last_tested_version: Optional[str] = None
     private: Optional[bool] = None
 
     # tags comes as a TagsIdResponse but we want to return a list of TagResponse
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py
index 057f4d697..c2a597562 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py
@@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ class StoreService(Service):
                 try:
                     errors = response.json()
                     message = errors["errors"][0]["message"]
+                    if message == "An unexpected error occurred.":
+                        # This is a bug in Directus that returns this error
+                        # when an error was thrown in the flow
+                        message = "You already have a component with this name. Please choose a different name."
                     raise FilterError(message)
                 except UnboundLocalError:
                     pass
@@ -458,6 +462,8 @@ class StoreService(Service):
                     raise ForbiddenError("You are not authorized to access this public resource")
                 elif exc.response.status_code == 401:
                     raise APIKeyError("You are not authorized to access this resource. Please check your API key.")
+            except Exception as exc:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unexpected error: {exc}")
             try:
                 if result and not metadata:
                     if len(result) >= limit: